People often say that miracles do happen, mostly in the most unexpected time, place and setting. For the longest time, I didn’t know that my miracle happened a long time ago, way before the date I was married. Last September 8, 2009, was the culmination of the many miracles that God is providing me with.

It all started the day I lost my job, from a place far from where I am today. Losing my job for whatever reason was really upsetting. Grief and remorse got through me because I thought I’d be growing old in that job. It was not just a job. It was a promising job with the nicest package and benefits. But God had another plan for my life, so He took away the very thing that I desired most in my life then. I thought God cursed me for it. I should have known better. He is actually blessing me, a blessing in disguise, I should say. I never got angry at Him, instead, I got angry with myself, because I thought I could have done something a lot better than what I did so as not to lose that job, but I still lost it. Maybe God instantly forgave me, but I couldn’t forgive myself for whatever reason because of the shouldas…couldas…and wouldas…of things. When I actually lost my job, I aimed for an escape. I spent all my savings and my salaries for stuff I don’t really need, for things that could just make my time forget what I wanted to forget.

And so I went home, all empty, with an empty pocket, with an empty mind and with an empty heart. I kept asking God for an acceptable and valid explanation on why it happened to me but I guess I’m not yet ready for His blessings to pour into my life. God was teaching me then to be patient so I could really be ready…to be empty so there would be plenty of space for new things…to be in pain, so that I could appreciate little things that made a great difference without them… to be lonely, so I could love more and spend time more with the people that really matters in my life. All the grief, remorse and wishful thinking were gradually fading as time goes by, because God shows me what He had planned a long time ago. He showed me how He truly loves me. He even gave me miracles, just for me to believe and to rely on Him, in times I’m so weary and losing heart. That’s why when Cathy and I were still planning for our wedding, I’m confident that by His grace, we’ll get through this no matter what even when we’re in a financial shortfall All we’re asking Him then was that a simple wedding will do. But He has another plan, He uses all the people in our lives to help us get through. He provided us pipelines along the way in order for this wedding to push through and to realize in the greatest way I never have expected. The pipelines He gave us are the many people we thought we lost a long time ago. We thought that we don’t matter anymore, but I was wrong again. Our family, relatives and friends became the very pipeline of God’s blessings to us and we are so thankful to have them in our lives. I’d like to think that one of God’s greatest blessings to me and Cathy, is the very people who made our wedding possible and our lives meaningful.

Maybe, God is smiling down on us while we were in the middle of the wedding celebration. Maybe He is telling himself…”There you go my child, exactly How I wanted your wedding is…exactly How you kickoff your life as a couple.” That’s why September 8, 2009 was so memorable for us, because a Miracle from God, in its truest form. can truly be seen by each and every one who witnesses us that day.

So if people tell us that Miracles are just hearsays and all fictions, I’ll say unto them, that for once, hearsay was true and if this is just fiction, I’d better have that meaningful fiction than having all real things in my life without a single meaning on it.

May We, Cathy and I, could also be a pipeline of God’s blessings to all of you. From the bottom of our hearts, we Thank You.